Inventing Authenticity How Cookbook Writers Redefine Southern Identity

Carrie Helms Tippen, "Inventing Authenticity: How Cookbook Writers Redefine Southern Identity "
English | ISBN: 168226064X | 2018 | 212 pages | EPUB | 1088 KB
In Inventing Authenticity, Carrie Helms Tippen examines the rhetorical power of storytelling in cookbooks to fortify notions of southernness. Tippen brings to the table her ongoing hunt for recipe cards and evaluates a wealth of cookbooks with titles like Y’all Come Over and Bless Your Heart and famous cookbooks such as Sean Brock’s Heritage and Edward Lee’s Smoke and Pickles. She examines her own southern history, grounding it all in a thorough understanding of the relevant literature. The result is a deft and entertaining dive into the territory of southern cuisine-"black-eyed peas and cornbread,fried chicken and fried okra, pound cake and peach cobbler,"-and a look at and beyond southern food tropes that reveals much about tradition, identity, and the yearning for authenticity.